West Chester Chess Club News
| SPECIAL CHESS EVENT: On Thursday June 9th, the club will be holding a USCF rated Quad! Games will be game 30 minutes with a delay of 5 seconds. Quads allow you to play against players of similar strength. Each player will play 3 games in this one evening event! An active USCF ID is required, along will proof of full vaccination. Please show up by 7:15 to register. Play will begin at 7:30. |
May 19th - Donald Anderson
- We had 30 players last night. New unrated players Ian Millstein upset Sean Pry and Ryo Tarui defeated returning player Will Moyer. Robert Park defeated new player Ted Fooskas.
- Round 2 results:
- Thursday Knight Swiss Standings, rounds 1 & 2
- Thursday Night Wall Chart, rounds 1 & 2
Comment from Jim Larsen: What an amazing turnout, and some great games. Thanks for directing, Don.
May 12th - Donald Anderson
- Good games tonight. Major upset. Young chess player Ariv Debmisra (1576) upset Kevin Chen (2130). And a shout out to Robert Flanagan (1521) for a valiant effort, but losing result, in his game with Jim Larsen (1986).
- Round 1 results:
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May 10th - Bob Flanagan
- The club swiss match history for 2022 has been updated to show wins and losses of all 2022 players though the end of the last swiss, May 5th
May 9th - Donald Anderson
May 5 - Sean Pry
April 28th - Sean Pry
April 22nd - Sean Pry
April 14th - Sean Pry
April 5, Donald Anderson
Final results of March Madness Swiss has been posted to the USCF. Check to view ratings and results!
March 25 Donald Anderson
Kevin Chen and Greg Nolan were presented trophies for being the 2022 Club and Reserve Champions, respectively. Congratulations to them both.
The new tournament season has begun with the March Madness Swiss. We will have 8 more tournaments until play starts to determine the 2023 champ. We'll be keeping a tally of each player's wins and draws as the year goes along to determine the the top 8 who will qualify for the Championship. Everyone else will compete in the Reserve.
March 25 - Round 4 Results, Donald Anderson
March 18 - Round 3 Results, Donald Anderson
March 11 - Ed Snyder - 2022 Club Championship
- Here are the Championship's Final Standings. Congratulations to Kevin Chen who won outright. This was an exciting tournament and everyone involved made it interesting down to the last round.
- Final Standings:
March 11 - Donald Anderson - Round 2 results
- 30 players played in round 2!
- No real upsets just a bunch of really tough games. See you next week
- March Madness Standings
- March Madness Wall Chart
Mar 4 - Club Champion - Donald Anderson
- This has been an incredibly entertaining and competitive tournament. With one more make up round remaining, there are three possible endings. We could have one absolute winner if Chen beats Bury, two Co-Champions if Bury beat Chen, or three Co-Champions if Chen and Bury draw.
- There is only one game remaining: next week's match up Chen vs. Bury. Larsen and Mucerino are currently tied for first with 5.0/7, and Chen has 4.5 with one game to go.
Mar 4 - Donald Anderson
- Thursday was the first round of the new swiss tournament, March Madness! (one can join in any Thursday)
- Standings after round 1
- First round matches:
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- Comments from members:
- Donald: Some tough games last night. Giliberto and Mahmood delivered a set of upsets and Vasquez-Murray and Sacarellos, although they lost, presented some tough match ups for Christofides and Fleming.
- Keith: Some of us have noticed how often various players have been playing above their ratings. It's dangerous to take anyone for granted these days!
- Joe Mucerino: Yeah, I got held to a draw by a 900 a few months ago.
Feb 26 - Ed Snyder
- Here are the results of the 1st Make-up Round. Some good games, and both were upsets. Incredible play going on. Next week with Bury/Larsen should be a good show.
Feb 25 - Donald Anderson
Feb 24 - Jim Larsen
- Make-up round 1 results
- Tonight's first week of make-up games was incredibly exciting. Aaron Biscoe beat Michael Bury, and Kevin Chen beat Joe Mucerino. With only two games remaining, four players are still in the running to be champion or co-champion: Bury, Chen, Larsen and Mucerino. Next week will feature Bury-Larsen, and the following week, Chen-Bury.
Feb 18 Gap Swiss from Donald Anderson
Feb 18 Championship results from Ed Snyder and Jim Larsen
- Round 7 results and standing - Ed Snyder: Here they are, after another fine night of games in the Championship. Three of the players have completed all of their games. The make-up games start next week with Biscoe/Bury and Chen/Mucerino.
- Round 7 cross table - Jim Larsen:
- Comments from club members on the tournament:
Ed Snyder Amazingly, the three players that have finished all of their games are mathematically out of the running, so these next few weeks should be exciting.
Jim Larsen More great games last night. Kudos to Kevin Chen, who played an outstanding game to hand me my first loss in the event.
Keith Johnson Incredibly, there could still be a four-way tie for the top, if all of these happen: (1) Joe loses to Kevin and ends with 5; (2) Kevin beats Joe and draws Michael and ends with 5; (3) Jim beats Michael and ends with 5; (4) Michael draws Kevin, loses to Jim, and beats Aaron and ends with 5. Not likely, but still possible.
Ed Kline This is why I've been rooting for Mike this time. He's really not the favorite anymore the way he usually was, but it looks like he's playing well so far. I hope he wins because usually everyone is rooting against him, but lately, and especially now it's a really competitive tournament. I'm looking forward to trying to qualify for next year. Top 8 is gonna leave a lot of pretty good players out if everyone shows up regularly this year.
Ed Synder I totally agree, Ed. We have gained so many exceptional new players this year that there could be an unrecognizable Championship next year. And that’s a good thing.
Keith Johnson I can think of Michael Bury, Joe Mucerino, Greg Nolan, Kevin Chen, Jim Larsen, Nick Christofides, Ed Kline, Drew Fleming, Aaron Biscoe, Nate Bryans, Denis Markov, and myself (if I learn to start winning instead of merely playing interesting games) as twelve possible competitors, and that's if nobody else surges in the next year.
Lance Marx I'll be around on Thursdays now that the championship is wrapping, so maybe one more competitor! Looking forward to it! Ed Synder I think you would have an excellent chance of being in it next year, Lance.
Ed Kline Welcome back Lance. Darn it! Now I'm gonna have to show up for all 40 weeks just to have a reasonable chance to get in. This is gonna be tough and therefore really interesting.
Oh boy, it's gonna be hard guys.
Mike Bury, Joe Mucerino, Greg Nolan, Lance Marx, Kevin Chen, Jim Larsen, Nick Christofides, Andrew Fleming, Aaron Biscoe, Keith Johnson, Nate Bryans, Denis Markov, Mel Ross, Nick Lampros and myself are the top rated 15 vying for only 8 spots.Every game counts gentleman, don't say you weren't warned.
No disrespect to anyone not in the top 15 rated. Show up, play well, and take your shot.
Jim Larsen It's gonna be epic!
Feb 11th Gap tournament results from Donald Anderson
- Feb 11 match results
- We had an upset last night: Hopkins defeated Bryans. We have a tough club so anything can happen next week. See you then…
Feb 11th Championship results from Ed Snyder and Jim Larsen
- Round 6 Results and standings
- Round 6 Crosstable
- Jim: I too find the championship games to be incredibly exciting. Johnson-Chen in particular was an amazing game. Keith played superbly but was tripped up by Kevin's heroic counter play.
- Ed:
- To me this is exciting, as it is to many others. Watching the endings of championship games is tense and you can feel that tension as well as the drama. Thanks to all the players for this experience.
- Joe Mucerino and Jim Larsen remain tied for first, but this is complicated by the fact that o many games have been postponed.
- Last night was only the second time all players were present.
Feb 4th - Ed Snyder and Jim Larsen
Jan 28th - Reserve Swiss Round 4 - Sean Pry
Jan 28th - Championship results - Jim Larsen
Jan 27th - Round 4 Championship results - Ed Synder
- Only due to Covid, and because it wasn't announced prior to the beginning of the tournament there will be a week nine, unless Bury and Larsen can mutually agree to meet in the interim and play their game. Next year all rounds will be completed by week eight. I expect that this will mean that Michael and Jim will miss the first round of play toward points for next year's championship.
- Championship schedule
Jan 22th - Reserve Swiss Results through Round 3 - Sean Pry
Jan 21 - Round 3 Championship results - Ed Synder
Jan 14th - Reserve Swiss Results through Round 2 - Sean Pry
Jan 14th - Championship Results through Round 2 - Ed Synder
- Here are last night's results for Round 2. Some terrific games, as usual. It's interesting and will only become more so as we move through the tournament. Good luck to everyone.
- WCCC Championship through Round 2
Dec 30th - Championship Seed Positions, schedule , and Reserve Swiss
The 2022 WCCC Championship begins next Thursday, January 6. I thought that all active club members would be interested in following this event. I have included the schedule and Jim Larsen will update the weekly results which we will forward to you.
Keep in mind that everyone that plays on Thursday evening is eligible to get into next year's championship. It's simple. The eight players with the highest point total at the end of the year get in, depending only on ties for the last spot. The points start accumulating after the championship is completed.
Also, keep in mind that everyone not included in the championship can still come on Thursday and play rated games in the reserve section. One benefit of this is that we will not be facing those eight top players.
I wish all of you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!.
Here are the numbers which coincide with those on the "Grid" that I sent earlier. If you have that you can see who you will play and in what round. I will send out the schedule by date and by name, rather than number in the next day or two. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.
BYW, Keith drew Denis Markov in a long battle which saw each with less than 10 seconds. Nolan lost to Joe Mucerino, so Keith is in by a point and a half. Good fight all the way. I congratulate all of you.
1 Keith Johnson
2 Kevin Chen
3 Joe Mucerino
4 Aaron Biscoe
5 Nick Christofides
6 Drew Fleming
7 Jim Larsen
8 Michael BuryIt seems that the consensus is that next year we assign the positions in the Championship based on their positions in which they finish the year. This system should create a desire to get more points during the year, so maybe not accepting a draw would be advantageous. For those of you that were not present tonight or have not weighed in on the email discussion, please feel free to share your thoughts. Remember, this is a club and should be exciting and fun. I believe this change adds both.
Dec 24, 2021 - Round 4 results from Ed Synder
Dec 17, 2021 - Championship Standings from Ed Synder
It's getting tighter and more exciting. Nick Lampros, even with a half point bye for last night is mathematically out. He joins me. Bob Flanagan is still in the hunt even with a loss last night.
Christofides 23.5 In the hunt still: |
Dec 17, 2021 - Holiday Swiss Results
Dec 10, 2021 - Championship Standings from Ed Snyder
Christofides 22.5 In the hunt still: Nolan 15.5 |
Dec 10, 2021 - Thursday night Holiday Swiss results from Ed Snyder
Dec 8, 2021 - Championship Standings from Ed Snyder
In an attempt to keep everyone in the running apprised of where you stand, I am updating the scores for those eligible for the Club Championship. I'll do this after each round. Keep in mind that half point byes count as zero and full point byes as a half toward the total. This is the way it has always been counted.
I am now out of the running. With 10.5 and four games remaining I cannot catch Keith. I would like the top eight to consider whether or not they will play. If you intend to drop out please let me know. The Championship will start on January 6. I will need to have those that will be playing choose their "chips" to see where you will be placed hopefully by December 30 or before. I'll be doing that as soon as we are sure who will be in and who will not make the cutoff. |
Dec 3, 2021 - 1st Round Holiday Results from Ed Snyder
Nov 22, 2021 - 2021 Club Match Results from Bob Flanagan
- Updated to include the Halloween Swiss. This shows the wins, draws, and losses both overall in 2021 club play and head to head play versus other club players.
- 55 active players! (two or more matches)
- 22 new players!
- 3 returning USCF players who played years ago!
Nov 20, 2021
- Halloween Swiss Results from Sean Pry
- From Donald Anderson:
- The Top 8 players compete for Club Champion on January 6 (all others for the Reserve Champion).
- We have one tournament left for the year (Holiday Swiss starting December 2).
- Four players can still catch the 8th player and potentially qualify for the big dance.
- Congrats to Nick Christofides for making Expert (2023)! Nick went 5-0 in the latest tournament (defeating players rated 2037, 2200 and 2091).
Nov 11, 2021 - Halloween Swiss Round 4 from Sean Pry
Nov 11, 2021 - Halloween Swiss Round 3 from Sean Pry
Oct 29, 2021 - Halloween Swiss Round 2 from Sean Pry
Oct 26, 2021 - Halloween Swiss Round 1 from Sean Pry
Oct 16, 2021 - Club Ratings Championship standings from Donald Anderson
- The above link is to to the standings for the club's championship tournament. The top 8 in the standings will play in the club championship. A swiss will be held for those not in the championship.
Oct 15, 2021 - Founder's Swiss results from Donald Anderson. The last round was played yesterday. Don, many thanks for running the event!
The Player Ratings Chart and match results for 2021 matches has been updated with the results from the Founder's Swiss has been updated. It shows the player ratings as of Oct 15th and the wins and losses versus other club players.
Oct 8, 2021 - From Donald Anderson
Oct 1, 2021 - From Donald Anderson: Some upsets this week. Flanagan had a draw against Biscoe and Anderson won over Trueman. On a side game Gotlib was victorious over Biscoe
Sept 24, 2021 - From Donald Anderson
Sept 11, 2021 - Club standings have been updated for the Liberty Swiss results
Sept 10, 2021 - Ed posted the final results on the USCF club tournament page of the Liberty Swiss
Sept 5, 2021 - Round 4 Liberty Swiss standings from Ed Synder
August 30, 2021 - Club ratings for championship tournament from Donald Anderson
August 27, 2021 - Round 3 Liberty Swiss standings from Ed Synder
August 20, 2021 - Round 1 and 2 results of the Liberty Swiss
August 16, 2021 - First round results for the Liberty Swiss. You may join the swiss at any round! You must be fully vaccinated
April 29, 2021 - We are back playing USCF matches on Thursday's. One must be fully vaccinated.
April 5, 2019 - Our web site was launched!
April 4, 2019 - March Madness Thursday night results posted. Please see the link at the top for details.
March
2019 - We moved to a new bigger location for our growing club! We
play USCF matches starting at 7:30 as always. Our new location is First Presbyterian Church, 130 West Miner
St, West Chester, PA